Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-10-07
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4 Bring in your poultry. See adj
rartisement of c. w. NORMAN.
l The farmers want the stock
show. Shall we have it?
| Il. II. Seeks is very low with
| uphold fever,
| Charles Miller Of Pure Air has
| spotice of. sale in this GRAPHIC.
Hunt it up.
We would like to have a dozen
npers of the issue of September
| 9th.
The ticket sales of the Wabash
4 this place, Sunday and Monday
amounted to 5000.
Inquire at the Wabash Western
| ticket office for excursion rates to
California during the month of
l October.
Parties having property near
Kirksville and desire to tradesfor
property in Sumner county, Kans.,
Will find it to their interest to call
st this Office.
First Quarterly Meeting of
Brashea1 circuit with Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, Oct. Sth and 9th. Public
invite to attend.
An idea of the number of peo-
pie in town Tuesday may be had
rom the number of wagons and
buggies counted around the square
and about town. At 2o'clock they
numbered $50 and more were
coming.
The Q. NJ. d P. will sell round
trip tickets to Quincy during the
celebration for one fair for the
rOund trip, tickets good going
Oct 18th, 18th, 18th, good to re-
turn to Oct. 18th.
We were recently shown a plant
that is very rare in this part of the
country, a Night-Blooming Jessa-
mine. There are but four or five of
these plants in Kirksyille, and
they were brought here by Miss.
Lizzie Gibbons, the florist.
Gideon Lorton, NJ. Gillespie, J.
H. Ford, S. I. Scobee, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. W. Conkle, Misses Carrie
Mabis, Lille Scobee, Celia Con-
ler and BERTHE and Lulu Pickens
we're among the callers at the
GRAPHIC Office Tuesday.
The Post Dispatch in giving ac-
count of the grand parade Wednes-
day, last week, said: Corporal Dix
Post, No. 90, of Kirksville, made
fine display. They were headed
by a first class band and had
eighty veterans in line under their
commander, NJ. I. Strock.
The machinery for the mill is
now being placed in position, and
preparation for grinding is rapid
ly going on. Another carload of
machinery will arrive this week.
The mill will have one set of burrs
and one pair of rolls for corn, and
the farmer will get bolted or I'M
bolted meal as he may prefer.
Peter Smith, son of William L.
Smith, has purchased the shoe
shop formerly owned by
James Hunter, and viii continue
the business. Mr.. Smith comes
wellrecommended, and Indy in
yites you to give him call when
needing boots and shoes. He
guarantees satisfaction in every
instance. Repairing neatly done,
and fine sewed work speciality,
at the very lowest prices.
Uncle candy" Linder, though
in his 10th year, fell into line on
the grand parade at st. Louis last
Wednesday and marched seven
miles in the drenching rain. His
white hair and whiskers attracted
attention all along the line of
march, and one of the spectators
rushed out from the crowd and
gave him an umbrella. He brought
the umbrella home with him as a
trophy of the occasion.
Last week we gave a short &C
count of the engineer, James Bos-
worth, who fell from his seat
In the cab on the cannon
ball train while it was 60
ing at full speed. The Globe
Democrat and Des Moines papers
published that he was drunk, and
That a heavy passenger train had
been at the mercy of a drunken
engineer. The best evidence that
hewas not intoxicated is the fact
that he is now lying In the same
condition as when taken from the
cab, and has not spoken since. The
doctors pronounce it paralysis. An
action will be commenced against